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By Mari Saito ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Japan's twice silver medallist Ayumu Hirano easily led Wednesday's snowboard halfpipe qualifiers at the Beijing Games, while American Shaun White kept his ...

By Hritika Sharma BEIJING (Reuters) - There has been little in the way of the traditional raucous 'roaring game' atmosphere at the curling rink at the Beijing Olympics but the mixed doubles teams are ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing Olympics medal ceremony for the figure skating team event that was won by Russian skaters has been delayed due to an unspecified legal consultation, the International O...

By Simon Jennings and Shadia Nasralla YANQING, China (Reuters) - A tearful Mikaela Shiffrin questioned whether she could pick herself up and return to competition at the Winter Olympics after skiing o...

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Therese Johaug knows she has a target on her back after her dominant skiathlon win at the Winter Games, but the Norwegian says the Chinese courses are...

By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber BEIJING (Reuters) - A Belarusian cross-country skier has fled the country with her family because of fears of reprisals by authorities after she was barred from competition...

By Mitch Phillips ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Nordic combined, the sport that involves ski jumping and cross-country skiing, has a long, proud history but only in recent years has it found a way to...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Birk Ruud of Norway won the men's freeski Big Air gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday. Colby Stevenson of the United States took the silver medal and Sweden's Henrik Ha...

By Mari Saito and Winni Zhou ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - American Chloe Kim breezed through Wednesday's qualifiers in the women's snowboard halfpipe at the Beijing Games to advance to the final in ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Wednesday that a total of five new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 8. Three of the ...